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Last week kicked my rear. Royally. I could definitely feel the aftermath of the boys birthdays. Too much sugar, not enough sleep and hubby’s busy school schedule made for one exhausted Mama. Thankfully, we made it through but boy, were we tired by the weekend.

Hello beautiful.Recovery wine, party of 1? Check.

I also realized that last week was the start of my official training for my race in May. Unfortunately, I realized this a week late. Whoops. BUT I managed to get in a couple of runs so all is not lost. I actually had two of the best MAF runs yet. There were a couple of instances I had to run harder than expected to get my heart rate back up to my max of 140bpm and a couple of times where I hit my max, stayed there for a bit and then saw a few beats of decrease. Awesome! I have yet to run outside (which is starting to drive me nuts because me and my Polar M400 are getting really antsy about being indoors on the treadmill. I want to see what this baby can do outside!), but with February being a thing of the past, it can only mean that warmer weather is just around the corner.

Right???

I love good runs that stay in zone. I love runs where all my kids are sleeping even more.

Hello beautiful heart rate. How YOU doin’?

This week is going to be a bit of a slower week and I am welcoming it with open arms. The biggest event planned will take place in a couple of hours when I head off to register my oldest for Kindergarten. I’m in denial that he’s off to a big boy school. Excited for him, but sad that we’re already at this stage. His life and his perspective on it are about to drastically change as he embarks on his journey into the real world. My heart mourns that. I think that I’m now understanding the tears that mothers’ cry when they send their kids to school. We already know what’s out in the world and that a lot of it is beyond our protective grasp. That’s a hard thing to let go of, let alone wrap your mind around. I can only hope and pray he has good teachers, good friends and that we are building a strong foundation at home for him to help him through the coming years.

Nothing counters feeling a bit blue and beat up like BRIGHTNESS!!

So with that in mind, I’m embracing the recovery of the week. I’m feeling achy and not quite at 100% so this will be good. I’m going to run a couple of days, if possible, and go to my Joga class on Wednesday morning while my parents enjoy some time with my two littles (the oldest will be at preschool). The Little Lady has officially entered the phase of screaming her face off when I leave the house. I love this phase…said no parent ever. Let’s hope it’s short-lived….as in done by Wednesday before my parents refuse to ever babysit again.

Aaaahhhhhh! That’s kind of how I’ve summed up this week. Or, more accurately: As I mentioned on Monday, this week was very topsy-turvy. With hubby writing a 6 (yes…6) HOUR exam on Tuesday night (someone bring that man some bourbon!), I changed my Tuesdayd workout this week to Monday. For the fellow runner’s out there:…

As we’re approaching the end of this training phase (one week left after tomorrow), I gotta say, I’m feeling really good. A lot of the movement that I struggled with at first (when EVERYTHING was new) is becoming a lot easier. I’m also very aware of where my weaker spots are (cough, cough, right leg,…

We have officially started phase 2 of 2015. Supersets. Oh my. I’ve done these in the past and the never fail to kick my behind. So far, this is no exception! Thankfully, workout one had some familiar exercises in it so my brain wasn’t overloaded with trying to remember how, or what to do. We’ll…

Yay for recovery week! I’d like to say it was a more easy going week but that’s not entirely true. Tuesday was movement day where we spent some time learning and perfecting form for some things we’ll be doing in the next phase. I learned how to do a Turkish Get-Up (Turkish what?…exactly). That one…

When I started this diary over 4 years ago (whoa!) I had no idea where I was going. Quite literally. I was suffering through postpartum depression, I was a new mom and I was about as lost a soul as you can imagine. It was the darkest time in my life and this site, my…

Happy Monday everyone! I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend! I know I did. This past week, we dealt with some seriously cranky, teething, sick baby, our first nursing strike (thankfully, only lasting a couple of days and loooooooooooong, nights) and getting used to the better half having school one night a week and homework/reading to…

As of now, I am *this close* to being done with my second phase of training. Tomorrow’s workout will be my last chance at that particular workout before a week of recovery. Normally, every 5th week in a cycle is recovery but with Christmas coming during that time last phase, recovery week was replaced with…

Nearly done phase 1 of training for 2015! That’ll be two training phases complete for me. Exciting! Tomorrow will be my second and last workout of week 3. Then I’ll have one last go at each workout before recovery week. I’m so ready to attack Saturday! So this last week didn’t see too much happening.…

I wish I was about to announce that my leg flare was a figment of my imagination but sadly…I am not. It’s still sore and I’m walking around like a sad panda wishing it wasn’t the case. BUT…I’m hopeful that this is a short-term injury and nothing anywhere near as tragic as the initial flare…